Aiden was nothing like Liam when he was a baby. He really never got into much and was quite content with whatever toys we put in front of him. He liked to play with the kitchen pots, pans and utensils, but for the most part he wasn't a very curious baby getting into everything like Liam does. I honestly don't remember Aiden even once rolling the toilet paper all over the place. And he never really got into any cupboards, or we'd have put the child safety locks on them, which many are still lacking and giving Liam a free for all way too often. Aiden was never a climber and didn't feel the need to explore the unknown much, unlike Mr Liam who is all over the place from the top to the bottom of the house. It's so interesting how brothers who came from the same parents can come out so different. Aiden is much more difficult now as a sassy and demanding preschooler then he ever was as a baby. Lets just hope Liam is the opposite and gets easier and more laid back with age. Hey! Wishful thinking never hurt anyone! :)
Every day is a new day with Liam and I swear he finds something new to get into all the time. He has this mischievous enjoyment of shaking our lamps until they fall and in some cases even break. He also loves to shake the living room end tables until everything on them is on the floor. It's nuts! He recently shook one of our end tables so much that the bolts came loose and were later found on the floor! Yesterday he shook the lamp until it fell over onto him and into the Christmas tree. Good lord! I have no idea how this tree is still even standing! It may only be partially lit, missing a string of cranberry beads that Liam broke and missing several ornaments that are now broken as well, but the thing is still standing so that's all that matters!
Yesterday Liam also shook another side table that has a built it lamp on it until the lamp shade fell off! This is his favorite table to shake, rattle and just about roll across the floor. I have no clue what the fun is in this game of his, but I sure hope he gets over it soon. Sometimes I can't help but laugh because he looks right at me, gives me a little stinker grin and runs full force ahead to the table. As I'm yelling no at him he just laughs at me. Can you believe this kid?! He laughs whenever I say no, like yeah right mom! I'm going to do what I'm going to do and you can't stop me!
To top it off he is a major food thrower. At first he would just throw a piece of food onto the floor to let me know he's done. Now it's become another little stinker game of his he likes to play just to drive me crazy. He will literally look right at me, get a huge shit eating grin on his face and chuck food clear across the kitchen as I run over to attempt to stop him. He laughs and he laughs. All I can say is it could be worse. I could have carpet in my dining room and oh what an even bigger mess that would create. Yesterday I gave him some fresh rotisserie chicken that he's always loved. He took one bite, spit it out and chucked the rest all over the floor. I picked the mess up as he started to chow on his mac n cheese. Sure enough, moments later I was picking up mac n cheese from not just the floor, but the counter, the stove, the coffee maker and the dishwasher. Talk about a good arm on the kid! Hmmmm.....maybe I should sign him up for baseball soon?
Liam might be a huge handful, but he is as sweet as sugar and brings tons of smiles and laughter into our chaotic home as well. He is way ahead of his age, as the second child tends to be, but of course because he's my child he seems like a genius to me! He has amazing eye and hand coordination and even already eats with silverware! Aiden didn't do that until he was two and a half! One of his most favorite things to do is put coins into their piggy bank. It's adorable! We just might have an accountant on our hands! I'm just thankful he hasn't ate any of the coins....yet!
I'm such a proud mama. I know my boys aren't perfect and honestly I prefer it that way. I'm not a perfect parent and I'm okay with that too. Parenting and perfectionism mix like oil and water....it doesn't work and only makes for one stressed out and unhappy mama! My boys might piss me off daily, but the sweet comments they make and the little loving gestures they do out of the blue and the smiles and laughter they bless me and Don with always outweigh the things they do to tick me off and stress me out on any given day.
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